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Sergeant JOHN PORTHOUSE

Service Number: 937567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

26. C. 3.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Porthouse, of Raffles, Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS BELOVED COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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